Latvia continues to impress us by its capacity to take advantage of its natural resources, of undoubted quality, and at the same time, by the simplicity that characterizes them. It is one of the few countries in the world where natural ecosystems persist and nature and tradition continue to live in harmony. In Latvia there are very short summers; Therefore, plants concentrate all their energy in the short flowering time, accumulating a single concentration of active substances.

Mádara, developed in an own laboratory located in Riga, has certified cosmetic products in which 95% of the ingredients are natural, of vegetable origin, without perfumes, colorants, or synthetic preservatives.

One of its particular hallmark is the use of birch water as the basis of its formulas. This liquid has been traditionally drunk in Latvia as a small detoxification ritual and has recently been found to have powerful anti-aging effects on the skin.

At the moment we haven't had the luxury of trying their products. If you have tried them, we encourage you to leave a comment and share it with us. Thank you!

Or better said: "Drone's" view of Latvia... More and more advances that help to discover the beauty of what surrounds us. You only have to see the next video to see what beautiful and amazing is this country, Latvia :)))Video byJurgis Rudmiezis

We are happy to tell you about our upcoming photo exhibition of European Voluntary Service!!!.After finishing our EVS projects "Discover EVS" and "Youth partners", comming back to our country, we met with our sending organizationand we suggested them to prepare a photo exhibition which the participation of EVS volunteers sended by Centro de Cultura Popular and EVS volunteers hosted by the organization from Huesca.The main aim: to share our experiences and projects as EVS volunteers to raise awareness of youth from our region about the benefits of participated in a EVS project and encourage them to go to the youth inforamtion center or the nearby sending organization and start to search their projects!

From the first moment Isabel and Alberto, from Centro de Cultura Popular, supported
the idea and we strated to work in the project. Thanks to Alberto to
take the initiative to set out an action plan and helped us in the
project creation. Defined goals, what, why, who, how, when,... few
months later we set the date for the first meeting in the OMIJ.In this period of meetings we want give thanks to Leyre, worker in the OMIJ, who help us in the process to give shape to this photo exhibition project.

4 de mayo de 2015

The declaration of the restoration independence on May 4, 1990, was a turning point for Latvia. The long years of Soviet occupation came to an end on May 4, 1990
as the parliament of Latvia restored independence. This motion began a
democratic transitional period until a full restoration of the
constitution. The transition was finalized in 1993 with the parliament –
Saeima – elections according to the constitutional order, where already
the citizens of Latvia took part. You can find more information about that process on the website latvia.eu

We want to congratulate all the Latvians on this significative day for them!!!

23 de marzo de 2015

During EU Youth Conference there will be drawn up recommendations from young people and policy-makers on how to empower young people for political participation in democratic life in Europe. The recommendations will be put for discussion at the high-level Policy Debate with the 28 EU Youth Ministers who will give their feedback on the policy proposals."

17 de enero de 2015

Eleven years after joining to the European Union and a year after adopting the Euro as their currency, on 1st January Latvia assume the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union.We are excited to share with you this stunningvideo about the Inauguration ceremony of the Latvian EU Presidency decorations at the Justus Lipsius building in Brussels. We love the tradition that Latvians have of dance and keep it alive wherever they go! Once años después de su adhesión a la Unión Europea y un año después de adoptar el Euro, desde el 1 de enero Letonia asume, por primera vez, la presidencia rotatoria del Consejo de la Unión Europea.Estamos encantadas de compartir este excepcional vídeo de la ceremonia de inauguración de la presidencia de Letonia en el edificio Justus Lipsius en Bruselas.

"For the first six months of 2015 Latvia will hold the Presidency of the
Council of the European Union. The Presidency is an opportunity to
contribute not only to the political agenda, but also to inspire the
European public by offering a wide and outstanding cultural programme.

One of the stories we are going to reveal to the wider public is the
dance tradition in Latvia. We even made a real-life dance floor in the
headquarters of the EU Council, so that people can try dancing the
Latvian folk dance „Springuleits”. As to not make anyone feel left out,
we also made this dance simulator! The beauty of dance is that it
enables us to feel united and cohesive. So, can you keep up with us
Latvians?" If you like Latvia, Latvia likes you

And so on, They arepurposeswe thinktostart a new year, which by the way,isn'tnecessary to wait to begina new yearto carry outour purposes. It would be great if we are able to start something new without waiting to say: "This year, I will..."

Starting to learn a new language is always good :)

I am going to continue with my Russian studies (because I want, not for being new year...heheh), and my sister, Carmen, is going to start to study Russian as well... Also, we will try to continue with Latvian language. We will see!

Here you can find the link to my ex-EVS project's blog, where you can find a page with a dictionary with words and basic expressions in 7 languages. English (of course), Latvian and Russian (local languages), Spanish, Slovakian, Georgian and Bulgarian (languages spoken for the EVS volunteers). Maybe you will "fall in love" with one of these languages and you will start to learn it :)